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raisetheearth2015-07-26 11:47 pm
numberedshepherd) wrote in raisetheearth2015-07-26 11:47 pm
Entry #A-1: "A" [Video/Action] [Shepherd's Haven]
[Lazarus checks in looking thoroughly displeased. He's standing in the largest building in Shepherd's Haven, most commonly used for forums and meetings. Today, he's surrounded by fabulous, artistic and delectable patries and sweets. Some are on the tables, set out as if for a banquet, but others are on the floor or in odd, unexected places, like on chairs and sticking to the walls.]
It's the one-year anniversary of our move to Shepherd's Haven. I was going to tell you that in spite of the slime, you're all still welcome to come celebrate and eat some of the food prepared for the occasion in the town hall. You know, in a valiant effort to maintain some semblance of community and normalcy, and to reject sensationalist panic and obsession.
[A green blob drops onto his shoulder. He brushes it off with clear distaste, but from the time he touches it to the time it lands on the floor, it transforms into a platter of cream puffs that land with a resounding clatter.]
...disregard that. If you do decide to come, don't eat anything until you confirm with me that it isn't slime. Right now, that's everything over here.
[He turns the feed over so it's in view of a far less enticing display of healthier and plainer options. Much of it was probably canned or frozen previously.]
It's the one-year anniversary of our move to Shepherd's Haven. I was going to tell you that in spite of the slime, you're all still welcome to come celebrate and eat some of the food prepared for the occasion in the town hall. You know, in a valiant effort to maintain some semblance of community and normalcy, and to reject sensationalist panic and obsession.
[A green blob drops onto his shoulder. He brushes it off with clear distaste, but from the time he touches it to the time it lands on the floor, it transforms into a platter of cream puffs that land with a resounding clatter.]
...disregard that. If you do decide to come, don't eat anything until you confirm with me that it isn't slime. Right now, that's everything over here.
[He turns the feed over so it's in view of a far less enticing display of healthier and plainer options. Much of it was probably canned or frozen previously.]
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[Keeping things in the territory of mathematics was truly the disastrous mistake that would cripple them both.]
I mean, yeah! Like, if I'm rounding to 0 instead of 5...
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Cocaine's a drug, it goes up your nose, it damages the structures, and then your sense of smell goes bye-bye. It waves as it goes. It's history like the dinosaurs, the white powder corrodes everything that's good and you wake up wondering what the fuck happened to your life and then someone tells you that they baked cookies and you say "what cookies?" and they look at you like you're a lunatic.
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Admittedly, Arthur didn't say anything for a flat thirty seconds before finally choking out--]
...Shit, I'm sorry.
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[It wasn't, because he'd never really dealt with any sort of drug abuse other than alcohol abuse. Somehow, that seemed like a different sort of hurt.]
I mean, you gotta vent to somebody, right?
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I lost control, and I shouldn't have.
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I hope that ain't really the case for everybody.
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[Arthur wasn't smart, but he was keen enough to tell when something seemed good or bad.]
So, if you lose it once in awhile, that seems okay. It could even be good for you in the end, right?
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[He can't exactly deny it.]
That doesn't matter though. It just means it'll be more of a shock to the people who trust me to keep a level head if I do lose it.
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Wouldn't they worry if they knew something was wrong and you never said a word about it?
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